Alabama vs Nebraska
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 6 of them and Nebraska on 9, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureAlabamaNebraska
Home price$241,517$284,464
Rent paid$1,008$1,049
Cost of living88.692.6
Income$66,659$76,376
Property tax0.37%1.44%
Income tax5.00%4.55%
Sales tax9.46%6.98%
Electric bill$185$122
Temperature64.2°F52.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in20.7 in
Precipitation52.3 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.1
Bachelor's or higher29.9%35.4%
Crime rate360221
Commute26.0 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.2%2.9%
Population change+3.3%+2.9%
Wildfire risk62.577.6
Flood risk83.365.3
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.